--- title: "Smoking at Minangkabau International Airport – PDG" canonical: "https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/indonesia/pdg-smoking-at-padang-airport/" language: "en-us" description: "Smoke at Minangkabau Airport (PDG) in the Minangkabau Lounge's indoor smoking room after security; access is SkyTeam Elite Plus or Business/First Class." lastmod: "2026-09-25T00:00:00Z" --- # Smoking at Minangkabau International Airport – PDG Yes, you can smoke at **Minangkabau International Airport (PDG)** — in the indoor smoking room inside the Minangkabau Lounge, on the third floor of the departure area past security. Access is limited to SkyTeam Elite Plus members and Business or First Class ticket holders; the terminal, the gates and the landside forecourt are smoke-free for everyone else. Minangkabau is West Sumatra’s main airport, serving Padang from a single terminal that handles both domestic and international flights. The airport’s own facilities pages — money changer, ATM gallery, duty free, parking, charging areas — do not list a public smoking room, and neither does the operator listing for the Banua Premier Lounge, the airport’s other landside lounge. ## After Security The Minangkabau Lounge, on the third floor of the departure area past security, lists a smoking area among its amenities. Access is restricted to SkyTeam Elite Plus members and passengers travelling in Business or First Class — there is no walk-in or pay-at-door option, so most departing passengers cannot reach it. ## Before Security The airport’s own site and its lounge listings publish no landside smoking spot. The Banua Premier Lounge, also on the third floor, sits before security and does not list a smoking room among its amenities. ## Vaping The airport publishes no separate rule for e-cigarettes. Indonesia’s Government Regulation No. 28/2024 regulates vaping products nationally. The Minangkabau Lounge’s smoking room, limited to SkyTeam Elite Plus members and Business or First Class ticket holders, is the only place at the airport with any confirmed access for smoking or vaping. ## Summary | Area | Smoking | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | | Minangkabau Lounge (after security) | Yes — lounge access only | SkyTeam Elite Plus / Business / First Class only, no walk-in access | | Banua Premier Lounge (before security) | No | No smoking room listed | | Open terminal \& gate halls | No | No public smoking area | | Landside forecourt | No confirmed area | No official public smoking spot published | | Vaping | Restricted | Same access as the Minangkabau Lounge smoking room | Connecting through Riau instead? See our guide to [smoking at Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in Pekanbaru (PKU)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/indonesia/pku-smoking-at-pekanbaru-airport/), where the lounge smoking area sells walk-in tickets to any passenger. For Indonesia’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, and every other Indonesia airport, see our [Indonesia airport guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/indonesia/). ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Are there smoking areas at Minangkabau International Airport (PDG)? Yes — an indoor smoking room inside the Minangkabau Lounge, on the third floor of the departure area past security; access is limited to SkyTeam Elite Plus members and Business or First Class ticket holders. The terminal, gates and landside forecourt are smoke-free for everyone else. ### Is there a smoking area after security at Padang Airport? Yes — the Minangkabau Lounge on the third floor of the departure area keeps an indoor smoking room past security; access is limited to SkyTeam Elite Plus members and Business or First Class ticket holders, so other passengers have no smoking area past the checkpoint. ### Where can I smoke at Minangkabau Airport? Eligible SkyTeam Elite Plus and Business or First Class passengers can use the smoking room inside the Minangkabau Lounge, third floor of the departure area. Other travellers should plan to smoke before they arrive at the airport, since no public smoking spot is published for the terminal or forecourt. ### Can I vape at Minangkabau Airport (PDG)? The airport publishes no separate rule for e-cigarettes. Indonesia’s Government Regulation No. 28/2024 regulates vaping products nationally; the Minangkabau Lounge’s smoking room is the only place at the airport where smoking or vaping has any confirmed access, and entry is limited to SkyTeam Elite Plus members and Business or First Class passengers. ### Can I smoke inside the terminal at Minangkabau Airport? Yes — the airport’s one indoor smoking room sits inside the Minangkabau Lounge, on the third floor of the departure area; access is limited to SkyTeam Elite Plus members and Business or First Class ticket holders. No indoor smoking room is open to other passengers anywhere in the terminal.